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No. 325,627. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rrica,

DANIEL E. POWERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE PATENT PAPER CIGAR BOX COMPANY, OF SAME PL AC E.

CIGAR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION formi 1:; part of Letters Patent No. 325,627, datedSeptember 1, 1885.

Application filed September 2, 1884. Renewed April 522, 1885. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PowERs, a citizen of the United States,residing at "Sew York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a :0 cheap cigar-box of paperor straw board of sufiicient strength to withstand the usual pressureincident to the packing of the cigars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aplan of the under side of ablank for the body of a box made in accordance with this invention. Fig.2 is a perspective view of said blank when folded into proper positionto form the body of the box, shown as provided with alid and with onecorner broken away. Fig. is

a plan of the under side of the folded blank shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa perspective view of the completed box.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in thedifferent figures.

z 5 In the drawings, A represents the blank for the body of the box, andB the lid therefor. The blank A, composed of thick straw-board or boardcomposed of other suitable paperstock, is rectangular in shape, recessedat its 0 sides, and comprises a rectangular bottom, a, rectangular sideflaps, b b, rectangular end flaps, c 0, and re-enforc'ing square orrectangular semi-end flaps (Z (Z (Z cl, attached to the ends of therectangular side flaps.

The side flaps, b I), extend throughout the recessed portion of theblank, and are partially severed from the bottom a, to which they remainattached by means of parallel longitudinal scores 22, which are cut orimpressed in 0 the blank at distances from the recessed edges equal tothe interior depth of the box to be formed. The rectangular end flaps, cc, are partially severed from said body a, to which they remain attachedby parallel transverse 5 scores 3/ 3 extending between the longitudinalscores a z, and impressed or cut in the blank at distances from the endedges thereof equal to the depth of the box to be formed plus the thethickness of the blank.

The re-enforcing semiend flaps, d d d d, are 5') completely severed fromthe end flaps, c c, by short longitudinal cuts 00 a a a, which arecontinuous with the longitudinal scores 2 z, and extend from the endsthereof and in line therewith to the end edges of the blank, and 5 5said sen1i-end flaps are partially severed from the side flaps, b I), towhich they remain attached by short transverse scores w w w w, whichextend inward from the side edges of the blank to the cuts a :0 a; a; atright angles 6 to said cuts, being the thickness of the blank nearer tothe end edges thereof than the transverse scores 3/ 1 In forming the boxfrom the blank thus de scribed the end flaps, c c, are first folded at 6right angles to the bottom a on the lines of the transverse scores 7 3The side flaps, Z) b, are then folded up against the end flaps on thelines of the longitudinal scores z. The semiend flaps attached to theside flaps are then folded laterally on the short transverse scores a:a: x so over against the end flaps. These semi-end. flaps meet at thecenter of the end flaps, and, together with said end flaps, constitutethe ends of the box, which are of double and uniform thicknessthroughout.

The blank thus folded is properly cemented or pasted, and covered with alayer of paper,

which hides the joints and assists in strengthening the box. Owing tothe recesses in the sides of the blank along the side flaps said sideflaps, when folded, are of less height than the ends of the box, whichlatter project above the sides a distance equal to the thickness of thecover B. The cover is attached at its rear edge by means of a flexiblecloth or other suitable hinge to the rear side of the box, and suitablecatchcs or fastening devices, 0, are attached to the front edge of thelid and front side of the box.

hen the lid is closed, it shuts between the end flaps, and its topsurface is flush with the upper edges thereof. As thus constructed thebox is strong, cheap, and durable.

I claim as my invention' 1. A rectangular blank for cigar-boxes recessedat its sides, and provided with parallel longitudinal. scores along thebottom section,

with longitudinal cuts which are continuous with said longitudinalscores and extend from the ends of said scores to the end edges of theblank, with transverse scores which connect the meeting-points of saidlongitudinal cuts and longitudinal scores, and with short transversescores which extend from said longitudinal cuts to the side edges of theblank, being located endward from said transverse scores a distanceequal to the thickness of the blank, substantially as described.

2. A blank for cigar-boxes Consisting of the bottom section, a, endflaps, c 0, side flaps, b b, and semi-end flaps, (Z (Z d d, attached tothe side flaps and adapted to meet flush against said end flaps, saidend and semi-end flaps being deeper than the side flaps, substantiallyas described.

3. A cigar-box composed of paper-board,

and provided with double ends extending 20 above the sides, and with acover which shuts between said ends flush-with the upper edges thereof,the inner layers of the ends being integral with the bottom of the box,and' the out er layers thereof being in sections integral with 25

